Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan put on high alert after Operation Sindoor

Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan many states have announced the closure of schools blackouts in border districts and cancellation of leave of police personnel and administration officials The stringent measures were taken by Punjab Haryana Rajasthan Delhi Gujarat West Bengal and Bihar In Punjab the leave of all police personnel has been cancelled while the state government has shut schools in six border districts officials said on ThursdayAll schools in six border districts of PunjabmdashFerozepur Pathankot Fazilka Amritsar Gurdaspur and Tarn Taranmdashhave been shut until further orders A blackout was enforced in several districts including Pathankot Amritsar Jalandhar Hoshiarpur Mohali and Gurdaspur in Punjab and the Union Territory Chandigarh on Thursday evening officials saidIn neighbouring Haryana the leave of state police personnel and those working in the health department has been cancelled till further orders The Delhi government also cancelled leave of all its employees till further orders due to the escalating hostilities In Himachal Pradesh which shares a border with Punjab security has been beefed up in bordering districts including Hamirpur Una and BilaspurThe Rajasthan government too has cancelled leave of administrative and police personnel deployed near the International Border and closed schools in five bordering districts With a high alert sounded in the border districts of western Rajasthan a blackout has been instituted in these areas As a safeguard against possible air strikes the blackout is being enforced from 9 pm to 4 am in Barmer and Jaisalmer owing to the presence of critical infrastructure there In Jodhpur a blackout will be enforced from 1230 am to 4 amIndia downs Pak missilesPakistan fired eight missiles directed at Satwari Samba RS Pura and Arnia and all were intercepted and blocked by air defence units defence sources said on ThursdayThe sources said visuals over Jammu remind of exactly Hamasstyle attack on Israel like multiple cheap rockets Pakistan Army is operating and behaving like a terror organisation Hamas Last month ISI and Hamas met in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and KashmirExplosions were heard as Indian air defence intercepted Pakistani drones in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir Pakistani drones were intercepted by Indian air defence in Jaisalmer A complete blackout has been enforced in Bikaner in Rajasthan and in Jalandhar in Punjab Blackouts have also been enforced in Kishtwar Akhnoor Samba Jammu and Amritsar Jalandhar Escalating its tensions with India Pakistan targeted Jammu with loitering munitions on Thursday and Indian Air Defence guns are firing back100 terrorists killed Rajnath SinghUnion Defence Minister Rajnath Singh PicPTIDefence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday told an allparty meeting that at least 100 terrorists were killed when India struck terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir under the still ongoing Operation Sindoor sources said ldquoOperation Sindoor claimed the lives of at least 100 terrorists It is difficult to give an exact estimate as the operation is still ongoing and we are still collating the detailsrdquo a source at the meeting quoted Singh as saying Singh informed the same to opposition leaders who fully endorsed the governmentrsquos military action and complimented the armed forces Leaders from all parties have extended full cooperation to the Centre on the issue of national security13 civilians killed in Pak shellingPakistanrsquos ceasefire violations along the Line of Control LoC have claimed the lives of 13 civilians in Poonch sector and injured a total of 59 people the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday Out of the total injured 44 were from Poonch The Pakistan Army has been resorting to heavy shelling in several sectors along the LoC that was effectively responded to by the Indian Army military officials saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params